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The Department of Haematology has state-of-the-art equipment which is capable of analysing all haematological disorders. Our hospital has a busy Intensive Care Department, Oncology Unit and Neurology Unit. Haematology services are geared up to give support and backup to all these departments. We have a fully automated coagulation analyser capable of performing all coagulation parameters and specialised tests.

Facilities are present for investigating bleeding disorders. The interpretation of the coagulation tests done by our department facilitates adequate component therapy in patients with bleeding disorders. Tests for diagnosis and strategy for management of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) are done. We also have a facility for thromboelastography (TEG) assays for measurement of haemostasis and therapeutic management.

We have a state-of-the-art 5-part Sysmex XT-1800i and XT-2000i Differential counter to perform routine complete blood count (CBC) very accurately. This is very important as we have many patients of leukaemia. Also, chemotherapy patients’ counts are regularly followed up by us. We also have facilities for working of haematological malignancies by means of flow cytometry for immunophenotyping of leukaemias/lymphomas, lymphocyte subset enumeration, stem cell enumeration, myelomas and immune deficiencies. We also have a full panel of investigation for haemolytic anaemia, iron deficiency anaemias and anaemias secondary to chronic diseases. Thus, we perform a wide range of haematology investigations to facilitate our clinical colleagues in proper management of their patients. All patients referred with haematological disorders are completely investigated and worked upon, to come to a diagnosis and decide on the treatment strategy.

DR. SAMIR S. SHAH

Brief write up

I went with the express purpose of furthering my Haematology training to U.K. in March 1996. I joined as a specialist registrar in Haematology on the Royal College Specialist Registrar Training Programme in May 1996. Since then I have worked at various Hospitals, which include DistrictGeneralHospitals and large Teaching Hospitals.

I have been exposed to advanced laboratory techniques, which include Immunophenotyping, Cytogenetics, assessment of minimal residual disease in Leukemia by molecular techniques. I have also had the opportunity to train at National Blood Service and therefore am quite proficient in blood banking techniques, component production and screening methods for safety of blood.